GOVAN – Greater OH Vascular Access Network All-Day Conference   GOVAN – Greater OH Vascular Access Network All-Day Conference When: February 23, 2019 (7:00am – 3:30pm) Where: Mount Carmel East Hospital - Siegel Center 5975 East Broad St Columbus, OH 43213 Topic: “The Opioid Crisis in Denial, OH: What’s In Your Town…Your Facility…and What’s Being Done About It?” Speakers: Dr. Mark Herbert (ID Physician), Michelle “Mickey” Hawes (Vascular Access Specialist), Judge VanDerKarr (“Lives Back”), Dr. Tiffany Bell (The Recovery Village), Robert Brandt (Robby’s Voice) Overview: The Opioid Crisis has reached EPIDEMIC proportions in Ohio and across the country. Each one of us has cared for someone, knows someone, or IS someone struggling with an opioid addiction. Please join us for an educational, interactive day as we welcome Speakers and Vendors presenting their knowledge, expertise, programs, & services to help empower ALL of us to make a difference. To Register, log on to: govan8.wildapricot.org Registration Fee: Members (GOVAN / NEO-AVA / Buckeye INS) - $75 Non-Members - $95 Guest (no CE hrs) - $50 Registration closes on February 19, 2019 Continental Breakfast, Lunch and Snack included Refunds - none Questions? Email us at: govan.ava2012@gmail.com

“The Opioid Crisis in Denial, OH: What’s In Your Town…Your Facility…And What’s Being Done About It?” Agenda 0700 – 0745 – Registration / Vendor Booths 0745 – 0815 – Continental Breakfast 0815 – 0830 – Welcome / Announcements 0830 – 0930 – “IV Antibiotic Therapy in IV Drug Users” – Dr. Mark Herbert (Mt. Carmel Medical Group) Objectives: 1)Define types of infections seen in PWID 2) Summarize concerns about safe OPAT 3)Discover successful means of delivering OPAT 0930 – 1030 – “Responsible Compassionate Care: Meeting the Needs of Patients With a History of IDU” - M.L. “Mickey” Hawes RN, DNP(c), CRNI, VA-BC – Vascular Access Clinical Specialist (Memorial Hospital & HCC) Objectives: 1) Discuss the Scope of the Injectable Drug Use issue 2) Define risks associated with IV access in this population 3) Discuss the Substance Use Risk Assessment (SURA) 4) Identify components of the SURR-Program 5) Discuss case studies in which TET was utilized 1030 – 1100 – Break / Vendor Booths 1100 – 1200 – “LivesBack Project” – Judge Scott VanDerKarr (Lives Back) Objectives: 1) Explain the tie between medicine and the court system in relation to substance use disorder 2) Explain what role “medically assisted treatment” has in the justice system 3) Explain how the medical system affects the justice system…and how the justice system affects the medical system 1200 – 1315 – Lunch / Vendor Booths 1315 – 1415 – “The ABCs of Opioid Pharmacology and Treatment” – Dr. Tiffany Bell (The Recovery Village – Providing 1 CE Hour thru NBCC Accreditation) Objectives: 1) Identify symptoms of opioid addiction 2) Discuss the detoxification process of opioids 3) Discuss treatment options of Opioid addiction and the treatment process 1415 – 1515 – “Robby’s Voice: Shattering the Myth of Addiction So Families May Thrive” – Robert Brandt (Robby’s Voice) Objectives: 1) Provide a different Perspective on the genesis and Impact of the opiate epidemic 2) Provide an understanding of the disease and the addict 3) Provide awareness to warning signs, resources, programs through ROBBY’S VOICE and future programs 1515 – 1530 – Wrap Up / Evaluations Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider Number CEP12371 for 4 contact hours Recovery Village approved by the National Board for Certified Counselors – 1 CE Hour awarded